Projects in Phononics

Phononic materials are a sub-class of metamaterials that can manipulate elastic waves and vibrations in solids. Our studies cover a broad range of phononic structures, starting from simple mass-spring networks to complex three-dimensional architectures with target functionalities at broadband sound and ultrasound frequencies.

Dissipative polymer phononics

The dynamics of a phononic medium is governed by its geometric architecture rather than the chemical composition of constituent materials. We show that viscoelastic material behavior affects wave dynamics and provide guidelines on how to predict wave behavior in thermoplastic and thermoset phononic plates.

Project leader: A. Krushynska

Status: ongoing

Broadband attenuation and waveguding in phononics

This project aims at the design of phononic structures capable of attenuating elastic waves at broadband frequencies, including the challenging low-frequency range. The wave attenuation functionality also allows achieving waveguiding along an arbitrarily shaped wave path with a strong wave localization.

Project leaders: A. Krushynska, N. Anerao

Status: finished

Wave attenuation in metallic additively manufactured structures

This project aims at exploring possibilities for effective wave and vibration attenuation in metallic metamaterials produced by means of selective laser melting technique.

Project leaders: A. Krushynska, N. Anerao

Status: ongoing

Wave dynamics in disordered networks

This project explores how one can control wave propagation in randomly structured mass-spring networks. 

Project leaders: A. Krushynska, M. van Hecke

Status: ongoing